Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-22

ton. Word rescued here to-night that
Q ~hale gs.ris.r h=a rrTobabiJ pexlshed or
is still held captive by the water at q
point twenty miles above here known rs
Dry Point. A tel. phone message has
been sent to Painted Woods TO send out
q rescuipg party in the morning. II is
getting colder, and the thermometer is
now about the free point. The s5age
started for Fort Yates this morning with
. load OF passengers. The stage crossed
the neck Of Apple creek, and after going
. quarter of a mile the driver discovered
that he could 60 no farther. he then
/ returned, and the neck of water which,
FIVE minutes before, was about six inches
deep. had grown to Q flowing river, and
he was compelled to drive half q mile to
get around.
SUNDAYS EXPERIENCE.
Bismarck special, Goth: The Miss6ari
river has risen o foot here to-day. The
spread of the current is terrible aud the
situation generally grows worse. This
rise 10 equal to twenty feet in the upper
river. the water here being spread over
six miles of country. Six inches of snow
fell yesterday, and this will add to the
Hood as loon US the weather grows warm
again. The heroes Of the day are men,
bers of the rescuing party who went into
the iowlands yesterday and saved the
lives OF seven persons who were perched
on the tops OF houses and trees. Dis
patches from Fort. Lincoln say that peo-
pie can be seen standing on hay stacks
and trees, and il not o o rescued will
perish in foods. Many claim that the
country opposite the fort contained
many inhabitants who were still
in great danger. The same reports came
from PAINTED Woods. The report is
denied that Superintendent Graham, OF
the Northern Pacific. has been drowned,
He attempted to come 80 Bismarck FRI
day evening but failed. The Slbley
island gorge remains firm, and if the
present state of affairs continues a week
q permanent channel will be cut across
the country two miles east of this old
bed of the Missouri. Huge cakes of Ice
are coming down the river and landing
on the meadow land of the settlers. II
is impossible now to repair the Northern
Pacific trestle on account of tue flowing
ice. The terrific rapidity OF the rise o.
the river at Painted Woods is indicated
by the experience of two families who
saw the Hood in the distance aud at
tempted to pack up their household
goods preparatory to moving back from
the stream to Duties houses, situated
on the highest point of the
low land. Before the families
, were ready to start the water wa.
!. within six feet OF their houses. There
: we're five children in the party, and be-
! fore Duties could be reached the floods
. overlook them and the last part of the
. Journey WAS made through three feet o.
water, One of the children narrowly
escaped drowning. Another train loac
of eastern passengers which arrived to-
3 day were compelled to remain here ia
it is possible to GROSS the Missouri. 1t il
believed the Northern Pacific company
will be able to establish a transfer line O
: boats tomorrow. Word reached here
J Tonight that q whole family probably
perished in the flood or are hell Gap
; tiyes at q point twenty miles above here
Parties at Painted Woods have beer
telephoned to go TO the rescue. The
. weather is now getting colder.
| Business is gong on as usual in Man
!, dan. though the water is very high and
poor people living in me low land art
. in danger OF losing property. There i.
no truth in the reports of inundation.
AN EYE WITNESS FROM BISMARCK.
Minneapolis special, Goth: Judge
: Francis, OF Dakota, who left Bismarcl
t Saturday and returned here this morning
> says the scenes in the flooded distrie'
defy description. Ice pieces q hundred
. feet square are thrown high in the ali
, when they strike an obstacle. The hug,
: force OF the current snapped the cableI
. holding the warehouse TO the bank q
t though they were Gotten thread. Ware
houses over 600 feet long was moved
, some distance and landed high and dry
If the Missouri should now freeze np
and the Yellowstone break away ant
pour its ice against the ice In the Mis-
souri, the result at Mandan would b,
terrible. 1t seems strange to have thai
place in full view, only five miles away
and yet less accessible to communities
tion than London or Paris. The des.
truction OF property will be great. Sew
!, eral tons Of western mail have beer
brought back from Bismarck to be sen
: around via the Union Pacific.
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